As part of its study, OpenTheBooks.com — a government watchdog organization that analyzes finances and compensation data — worked to find the highest-paid nonprofit healthcare executives. The organization did not identify the top paid executives by name. However, they listed the nonprofit health system and the total compensation that the top-paid exec received in fiscal year 2017.
The five health systems and the amount their top-paid exec recieved in fiscal year 2017:
1. Banner Health (Phoenix), paid its top executive $21.6 million.
2. Memorial Hermann Health (Houston) paid its top executive $18.2 million.
3. Ascension St. Louis (St. Louis) paid its top executive $13.1 million.
4. Kaiser Foundation (Oakland, Calif.) paid its top executive $10.7 million.
5. Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (Chicago) paid its top executive $10.6 million.
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